Pennsylvania Teacher Accused in Student Sex Case

(Galeton, Pennsylvania) A 36-year-old health and PE teacher at Galeton High School, Kimberly Lake Smith, has been accused of engaging in sex with two students during school hours.

Smith faces felony and misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare of a child, corruption of minors and intimidating witnesses or victims.

In the criminal complaint, Galeton Borough Police Chief Christopher Brackman accuses Smith of kissing two 17-year-old boys inappropriately and letting them touch her breasts through her clothes.

One of the victims touched her genitals both through and underneath clothes, and she touched his genitals through clothes, Brackman wrote in the complaint.

Smith also twice asked a victim not to tell anyone about the activity and to lie about it, Brackman wrote.

Though the charges arise from conduct alleged to have happened between August 2010 and January 2012, Brackman accused Smith of engaging in similar misconduct with other students throughout her career at the district, from 1999 to 2012.

Smith is free on $35,000 bail.